Improvement in machines for straightening and pressing tobacco



NVM. NV. JUSTIS, OF

ATnNT Finca.

GEN'I'IO, VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT VIN MACHINES FOR STRAIGHTENING AND PRESSING TOBACCO.

Specification forining part of Letters Patent No. 29,976, datedSeptember 1l, 1860.

To a/ZE whom, it may concer-11,:

Be it known that l, XV. XV. J Us'ris, of Genito, in the county ofPowhatan and State of Virginia, have invented a new and Improved Machinefor Rolling Straight and Pressing Tobacco 5 and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 'i is a vertical longitudinal section takenthrough the improved machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectiontaken through the machine in i'ront of the rollers.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both gures.

This invention is an improved machine for straighteningaud pressing theleaves of tobacco. into solid cakes or bars.

It consists in passing the bundles of leaves between adjustable parallelclamps, vertical guide-rollers and guides, and horizontal yieldingrollers, arranged and operating in the manner hereinafter described.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, l willproceed to describe its construction and operation,

Ais a strong table, having upright guides B B projecting up from eachside, which latter support the rollers and guides between which thebundles of tobacco pass. rlhe bundles of tobacco-leaves are laid on thatportion of the table lettered C and passed between the horizontal bars DD', the upper one ol" which is iixed in the movable sash E, which isworked between the upright guides B B by a foot-lever, E. The ends ofthis bar D' pass between the uprights B on each side of the machine, sothat the bar will rise and fall in a vertical plane with the lowerstationary bar, D. By depressing the foot -lever F, the bar D' will bebrought down on the bundle of leaves that is laid on the lower bar, D,and by relieving the bar F from pressure the spring (i will elevate thebar D'. rlhe two bars just described are for the purpose of clamping andstraightening out the bundle in the first part of the operation. Afterthe bundle of leaves passes between the two clamps D D', it isreproperly to the pressing rollers'or drums J J The rollers H H havetheir upper bearings in a cross-bar, b, and their lower bearings in across-bar, c. (Shown in Fig. l.) rlhe tobacco is guided by rollers H tothe horizontal rollers J which are enlarged cylindrical portions on ashaft, K, that has its end bearings on springs d d, and the ends of thisshaft are between two of the upright guides BB. The rollers and shaftare thus allowed a yielding action as the tobacco passes between themand the upper drums or rollers, J', which are on a shaft, K', that hasits end bearings in bifurcated vlevers LL, which are pivoted to two ofthe uprights B B, the upperI arms of which levers proceed forward andare so attached to the sash-frame E that when this frame is depressedthe upper drums, J', will be depressed also, as indicated bythe redlines, Fig. l.

Behind each roller H, and between each drum on roller J and J' whenthese are depressed, are arranged iixed guides or tongues N N, whichprevent the tobacco from getting down between the drums. These guideskeep the tobacco between the upper and lower drums until it is deliveredout'on the table C'. This table C' has a feed-roller, g, extendingacross it, its surface projecting just above the surface of the table.It is driven by an endless band, l), and carries oit' the pressedbundles after they have' left the rollers J J The twin spurwheels R R,with a crank, S, or any other convenient means, may be used to givemotion to the rollers. n

vHaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The clamping-bars l) D', sash -frame E, treadle F, perpendicularguide-rollers H H, and guides or tongues N N, with the movable drums J'and yielding drums J, the whole being combined, arranged, and operatingin the manner and for the purposes herein set forth.

XVM. XV. J USTIS.

VitnesSes:

A. J. MARKHAM, A. A. Mosnrnv;

